Bill Watterson's First Interview in 20+ Years

In what is believed to be his first interview in nearly 20 years, Cleveland resident and Calvin and Hobbes creator, Bill Watterson, answered a handful of questions from a local reporter who actually knew what he was doing (unlike... um, some other interviewers). Watterson says he misses the "the groupies, drugs, and trashed hotel rooms" of the Calvin and Hobbes era, he "never regretted stopping when [he] did" and believes that, had he continued the strip, the fans who miss it would not feel the same - in fact, we would be cursing him for "[running] the wheels off it."

While brief, the interview is somewhat enlightening and certainly welcome. Watterson's work had an indelible and lasting impression on many of us and Calvin and Hobbes' end, along with that of Bloom County and some of the other strips of the time, signaled the true end of comic strips.

© C Harris Lynn, 2010